It may works sometime for the iCloud photos cannot sync with Windows issue. Open the Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar and selecting Task Manager. Select the iCloud Drive and iCloud Photostreams processes, iCloud Photo Library and press their End task buttons to close them. ICloud sync is usually reliable, but sometimes you’ll find contacts, calendar events or other content fails to sync between all your devices in the few seconds it should take. If this seems to.
Apples iCloud service is usually stable, fast and reliable. However, there might be some problems from time to time which prevent MacFamilyTree or MobileFamilyTree from syncing your family tree correctly. Here is what you can do in case iCloud is misbehaving. Please check these few steps:
Check the compatibility of your devices and the required iCloud versions
With the release of OS X 10.10 Yosemite and iOS 8 Apple introduced iCloud Drive. iCloud Drive is not available for previous iOS and Mac OS X versions. The previous iCloud is not supported on OS X 10.10. This means OS X 10.10 can only be synced with iOS 8 iDevices (and with OS X 10.10) iOS 8 can only be synced with previous Mac OS X and iOS version, if iCloud Drive has not yet been activated. If iCloud Drive has been activated, the previous iCloud can no longer be used at all. This applies to older operating system versions as well!
Check you iCloud account configuration
In order to check if your iCloud account is configured correctly for syncing files, please open your system preferences and the iCloud pane. Check if you are logged in. In iCloud Drive (available on Mac OS X 10.10 and iOS 8 or newer) the document options can be found at “iCloud Drive” -> “Options”. If you are still using operating system versions before Mac OS X 10.9 or iOS 7, the option “Documents & Data” has to be activated, otherwise applications cannot store documents in iCloud.Check, if the database is already uploaded to iCloud
Open MacFamilyTree and click on the iCloud icon above the main view pane. If the database has already been uploaded, there will be a “Remove from iCloud” option available. Databases that have already been moved to iCloud are also marked by a little iCloud icon in the start window of MacFamilyTree. In MobileFamilyTree this options is available from the left sidebar under: “Export” -> “iCloud Or by tapping and holding the database icon on the start screen. If your database is uploading to iCloud on device A and you open MacFamilyTree on device B attached to the same iCloud account, the database is available for download on device B, even if the upload on device A has not yet been completed. If you stop the upload on device A, or abort the online connection, the sync will not work. Please make sure the upload of the database to iCloud is completed.What can I do, if none of the steps above does solve the problem
It’s not working, no matter what you are trying? In this case please contact us by filing a support request. Our support team will assist you and give you more advice how to resolve this issue. Please also disable all security apps like Little Snitch or BitDefender! More general information is available in the User Guide. You can find it in MacFamilyTree’s Help Menu or for download